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Power Up Your Summer!

By Alex Malamos|2019-06-27T08:43:47-05:00May 25th, 2018|Application Examples|

Recognize the universal sign for a low battery? It sneaks up on us at the most inconvenient of times. No power outlet close enough to connect a charger? Power through your summer with a sleek phone charger from DieQua Corporation! Tell us about a machine design application you are currently working on, or a project you need help with. We have experts on staff that can work with you on your most difficult applications. If we can quote your project, we'd be happy to send along a battery charger with your offer. [...]

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Industries Served: DieQua By The Numbers

By Alex Malamos|2021-10-22T17:14:41-05:00May 16th, 2018|DieQua News, Fact Card, Industry News, Infographic, Product Focus|

DieQua has undergone significant change since its inception in 1980. Throughout the decades, DieQua has evolved, along with the product offerings, to better serve many growth industries more effectively. While DieQua has enjoyed a long history of industrial diversity, the chart below reflects the change, and rapid growth, in Automation being seen world wide.

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A Gearbox Supplier’s Expertise is Key in Helping with Spec Solutions

By Alex Malamos|2023-07-17T13:42:01-05:00May 16th, 2018|Application Examples|

There is almost nothing better than to get an inquiry from a new prospect that saw one of our advertisements or product announcements or found us somewhere on the web during a normal search. It means our promotions were working, our message was read loud and clear, and there was someone actively looking to use one of our gearboxes, zero-backlash couplings, or screw jacks. It gets better when the prospect has checked out the catalog, done his research, and selected a specific model that he wants to discuss or to get a quotation. Unfortunately, [...]

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Baked Gearbox

By Alex Malamos|2023-04-17T17:42:07-05:00May 9th, 2018|Application Examples|

With Summer’s heat approaching, it’s time to discuss an extreme environment application. High-temperature engineering solutions are required in many industries. A customer recently came to us with an application for operating a painting fixture. The fixture was to hold aircraft parts for the U.S. Air Force. The basic design called for an inline helical speed reducer that would drive, what amounted to, a rotisserie device that would slowly rotate the part so that all surfaces were easily accessible. While it was relatively a straightforward application, there were some critical caveats. The first was a [...]

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A Quick Connection Improves Efficiency

By Alex Malamos|2024-05-22T14:09:02-05:00May 2nd, 2018|Application Examples|

Short-run printing and automated machining require solutions for quick tool changes to achieve customized production efficiently. Two different applications use the same design concept to solve this problem. In the first application, a manufacturer of printing presses was looking for a quick-connect device to speed up cylinder changes. With short-run printing becoming the norm, print cylinder changeover was eating up a lot of production time. In the past, a transfer gear was installed on the cylinder shaft journal. However, because of a gear error, some motion variations were created. The new design was to [...]

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Torsion was the Culprit: Gearbox Problems and Solutions

By Alex Malamos|2024-01-03T01:11:23-06:00April 25th, 2018|Application Examples|

Backlash, torsion, and transmission error are all gearbox problems that can contribute to lost motion in a drive system that includes mechanical components. But this doesn’t mean you should eliminate these components, as the mechanical advantages of their use are significant. They just need to be monitored, analyzed and controlled. A customer came to us with a gearbox problem that looked to include lost motion as one of the symptoms. This customer produced a line of packaging assembly machines, one series of which put tops on containers. Their typical drive design wasn’t working on [...]

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DieQua Exhibits at PACK EXPO 2018 in Philadelphia, PA

By Alex Malamos|2022-12-06T09:56:47-06:00April 19th, 2018|DieQua News|

From April 16 to April 18, DieQua exhibited at the PACK EXPO 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. This trade show was designed to showcase packaging solutions for consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) and industrial packagers. On average, the show draws 7,000 attendees. This year, DieQua co-exhibited with OEM Industrial. Products showcased included items from both the Motion Control and Power Transmission lines, such as the Rotary Flange Servo Gearhead, as well as Speed Reducers and Cycloidal Units.

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Know When to Fold ‘Em

By Alex Malamos|2021-10-05T16:04:44-05:00April 18th, 2018|Application Examples|

Servo systems aren’t the only solution for precision motion control applications. Other gear products can fit the bill when more traditional drive technology is desired. We recently had a customer inquire into a solution for a motion control problem he had in his production of precision bellows. The design was a continuous process of feeding a substrate that was systematically folded and then cut off into either standard or custom lengths. His problem was that the material length between folds was inconsistent, which affected the proper compression of the bellow. He was presently trying to use [...]

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Outside The Box

By Alex Malamos|2022-03-17T12:14:05-05:00April 11th, 2018|Application Examples|

Have you ever had special gearbox applications where the standard catalog specs just didn’t fulfill the need? Perhaps you had to run too fast or had too much torque, or just not enough space for either? Catalog data is not always relevant. There are a lot of industrial and commercial gearbox applications, and even more in motion control, where comparing catalog performance data just doesn’t provide the correct solution. Why is this? Well, catalog data cannot be calculated for all the potential applications, duty cycles, speed, temperatures, and environments that a particular gearbox may [...]

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DieQua Does Webinars!

By Alex Malamos|2018-04-20T14:16:55-05:00April 10th, 2018|DieQua News|

DieQua now offers webinars! Learn about best practices, get advice or learn about company's offerings of products! 4 Gearing Technologies in Linear Applications & When To Use Them Thursday, May 10, 2018 - 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Are you aware that a robot output flange is ideal for high tilting capacity? Have you considered a better way to connect your index-table, lever-arm or pinion-gear to your gearbox reducer? Did you know there is an alternative output mating connection aside from a key or clamp connection? DieQua will be presenting 4 different gearing technologies, each [...]

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Turning the Tables

By Alex Malamos|2022-08-18T17:16:12-05:00April 9th, 2018|Application Examples|

There are many process and manufacturing operations that consist of multiple steps. In many cases, the process is linear like a progressive punch press or an auto assembly line. But just as often it’s circular, like a bottle filling line or a CNC tool holder. For circular applications, the use of rotary tables is often incorporated. In its standard form, a rotary table is a flat round plate mounted on an axial bearing, which is either driven from a central shaft from below or by a pinion driving a bull gear mounted around the [...]

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DieQua Technical Institute – March 2018

By Alex Malamos|2022-12-20T13:11:26-06:00March 27th, 2018|DieQua News|

Every year, DieQua seeks to enlighten and educate our distributors on the vast array of potential solutions. Typically there are 2-3 sessions per year of the DieQua Technical Institute, or the DTI. The DieQua Technical Institute is a two-day training class covering the analytical process of identifying the characteristics of a power transmission or motion control application and selecting the proper gear product to satisfy the requirements. The DTI is held primarily for our distribution partners, as well as our OEM [...]

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Food Industry Gearboxes: Solutions for Mixers

By Alex Malamos|2024-12-03T22:08:26-06:00March 21st, 2018|Application Examples, Product Focus|

Mixing and agitating applications pose demanding challenges for food industry gearboxes. Not only do speeds and loads vary significantly, but they also operate under harsh environmental conditions. Consequently, high-quality components, robust designs, and specialized protective features are essential. We had a customer approach us with a challenge: they needed a robust industrial mixer gearbox capable of converting food solids into semi-liquids, suitable for products like spreads, cheese dips, ice cream, and pie filling. The requirements included two mixer sizes with capacities of 20 and 50 horsepower, operating at a full motor speed of 1750 [...]

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Most Used Engineering Terms

By Alex Malamos|2023-07-24T13:42:46-05:00March 9th, 2018|Uncategorized|

DieQua Corporation provides resources for engineers - whether catalogs, product videos, or industry-related news and updates. That’s why we created a list of engineering terms and definitions as a resource. Take a look at our glossary of commonly used engineering terminology to see what other engineers are using and referring to. Also for your convenience, check out this gears infographic to see the difference between types of gears. Acceleration - The rate of change of velocity of an object with respect to time. Allowance - Allowance - planned deviation between an exact dimension [...]

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Follow Us on Social Media

By Alex Malamos|2018-03-22T08:54:14-05:00March 9th, 2018|DieQua News, Educational|

In the last decade, social media has become a necessity for businesses - as it serves as a two-pronged approach - one is to provide timely news and information on companies that choose to utilize social media. This allows for transparency, allowing more familiarity to customers. The other is to allow for customers to reach out with questions and concerns, providing an additional vehicle to contact a company. Keep up with DieQua by following our most up-to-date announcements across the web. We're on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and provide updates, real world applications, and [...]

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Manufacturing

DieQua Corporation now manufactures or assembles a high percentage of the products we provide. This adds valuable flexibility to provide on time delivery of standard orders as well as prototypes.

Repair Services

DieQua Corporation can repair any product we supply in our facility, located in Bloomingdale, a suburb of Chicago. Field repairs unfortunately, are not available. We maintain a large parts inventory and factory trained technicians to assure timely turnaround. Failure analysis services are also available on a limited basis.

Special Designs

DieQua Corporation and our manufacturing partners welcome the opportunity to provide component modifications or complete special designs. We established these capabilities to complement our philosophy of offering the best solution available for your application needs.